Robert Dick Gibson

1848 - 1930  (82 years)

• Name	Robert Dick Gibson
  Born	3 Apr 1848	Clyde, Beverley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-226041
  Died	17 May 1930	Melfort, , Saskatchewan, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort, , Saskatchewan, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I226041	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Andrew D. Gibson,   b. 1818, Arbroath, , Angus, Scotland ,   d. 7 Jan 1896, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Ramsay,   b. 1820, , Scotland ,   d. 6 Sep 1904, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F271745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret "Maggie" Dickie,   b. 2 May 1851,   d. 20 Jun 1937  (Age 86 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1881	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F61655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GIBSON, ROBERT DICK Word has been received by Miss Charlotte Gibson of R. R. #6, Galt of the death of her brother, Robert, at his home in Melfort, SK, at the age of 82 years. He was the second oldest of the large family of the late Andrew D. Gibson. He was born at the old home in Clyde, now owned by George Jamieson. He and his wife moved to the Northwest in 1883. They have revisited the Clyde area several times and have spent a number of winters in California and on the coast. In religion, he was a Presbyterian until the United Church was organized, when he joined the latter. The Melfort Moon of Melfort, SK has the following re: the death of Mr. Gibson, which occurred last month: The late Robert D. Gibson was born near Galt in 1848 and was in his 83rd year. The second eldest of a family of eight, he was of Highland ancestry. He was married in 1881 to Margaret Dickie and left for the west in 1882, settling at Virden, MN, where he farmed for eight years. Returning to the east for one year, he again went west, settling this time at Gilbert Plains, thence to Dauphin. He located in Melfort district in 1908. Survived by his wife and a family of four, Bessie (Mrs. John Stewart) of Swan River; Glen, Gordon and Mrs. Edward Gerrish of Melfort. A daughter, Lottie (Mrs. Stewart), now deceased, was the first graduate of the Melfort Hospital. A brother, David of Dawson in the Yukon and a sister in Galt also survive, as well as twenty grandchildren. - Information from the birth certificate of Elizabeth lies Gibson: Born on lot 7 in the 2nd concession of Puslinch, on July 23, 1882, daughter of Robert Gibson and Margaret Dickie. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186065385.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Apr 1848 - Clyde, Beverley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Sep 1881 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 17 May 1930 - Melfort, , Saskatchewan, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort, , Saskatchewan, Canada  = Link to Google Earth